Movies like Beauty and the Bastard
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Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
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Original name: Tyttö sinä olet tähti
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Modern finnish movie about two very different young adults that after a chance meeting end up making music together and fall in love.
While Nellis parents have the perfect career and man planned, she dreams of becoming a singer. Through a chance meeting at the studio, she meets the young and grungy Hip Hop music artist Sunen and asks him to help her make a demo tape. Not only is the ensuing story about differences growing closer and the difficulties that have to be overcome, well told. Also the music is exceptionally well made. It is quite unbelievable that this is the first feature of the director.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, melancholic, sexy, humorous, realistic, sexual
Plot:
music, hip hop, hip hop culture, love and romance, love affair, lifestyle, self discovery, forbidden love, friendship, rap, opposites attract, coming of age, school, youth, bet, fall in love, couples, medical school, r&b, graffiti, singer, father daughter relationship, best friend, nightclub, perfectionist ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
finland, europe
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Most similar movies to Beauty and the Bastard
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and touching films with plots about love and romance, couples, love affair, love, lifestyle, friendship and fall in love mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like Beauty and the Bastard: The Singer (2006), Cool as Ice (1991), Honey & Clover (2006), Preacher's Kid (2010), Lapland Odyssey (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Alain Moreau sings for one of the few remaining dance-bands in Clermont-Ferrand. Though something of an idol amongst his female audience he has a melancholic awareness of the slow disappearance of that audience and of his advancing years. He is ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, change of heart, fall in love, love affair, couples, love and romance, performer's life, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, lifestyle, singer, single mother ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Johnny, a freewheeling, motorcycle-riding musician, rolls into a small town with his band, and meets Kathy, an honor student who catches his eye. Meanwhile, Kathy's father, after being in the Witness Protection Program, is finally found by the ...
Style:
humorous, intense, melancholic, road movie, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, motorcycle, music, gang, adaptation, biker, teenage life, youth, rebelliousness, teenage love, love affair, love and romance ...
Time:
90s, 80s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.
Style:
touching, realistic, captivating, sweet, shoujo ...
Plot:
love triangle, couples, coming of age, self discovery, lifestyle, college, youth, love, friendship, introvert, superhero, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
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36%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Small-town girl Angie King leaves the church and her home to pursue a dream of singing stardom. Luckett plays Angie, the daughter of a stern but loving bishop, whose attraction to the hunky star (Tank) of a traveling gospel show takes her on the ...
Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
hopes, parents and children, lifestyle, love and romance, destructive relationship, couples, youth, friendship, christian, religion, father daughter relationship, music ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Sweden, Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even ...
Style:
humorous, light, intense, entertaining, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, lapland, ultimatum, on the road, youth, obsessive quest, adolescence vs adulthood, taxi driver, nothing goes right, escapades, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, europe, eastern europe, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In Glasgow, Toni Cocozza, age 28, aspires to be a lounge singer; his repertoire is strictly Sinatra, backed by Bill, an aging piano player and his only friend. Toni dreams big and enters a local television talent show. About that time, a local Mob ...
Style:
realistic, enigmatic, captivating, semi serious, tense ...
Plot:
gangsters, ambition, desire for fame, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, music, love and romance, relationship vs career, jazz, singer, suspense, bittersweet ...
Place:
scotland, europe, new york, glasgow scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In a mosaic of human relationships and day-to-day situations, men and women of different ages feel a pressing need to reinvent themselves. As they cross each other's paths, they all are at a turning point in their lives.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
introspection, couple relations, couples, starting over, hopes, solitude, changing lives, relationships, self discovery, love and romance, romantic relationship, coping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young boy from a working-class family and a bored young girl from a rich family are falling in love. Soon, she's pregnant and the teenagers have to escape from their disapproving parents.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, touching, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, teenage love, on the run, forbidden love, social differences, young lovers, lifestyle, youth, couples, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sincere, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
culture clash, interracial relations, friendship, tragic love, social differences, social decay, unlikely couple, opposites attract, musician's life, fall in love, racism, love affair ...
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Georgia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Following "Paris, Je t'aime" "New York,I Love You" and "Rio, Eu Te Amo" “Tbilisi, I Love You” has become the next film in the “Cities of Love” franchise.
Style:
sexy, atmospheric, captivating, touching, uplifting ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
culture clash, fall in love, friendship, love affair, couple relations, couples, city life, sexual relations, sexual content, love and romance
Time:
21st century
Place:
tbilisi, georgia (former ussr)
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Lucas, Manu, Philippe, Jacob et Mario s'aiment depuis l'enfance. Ils ont du talent et de l'espoir. Ils rêvent de musique et de gloire. Leur groupe de rock, Lust, connaît un succès grandissant, mais les aspirations de chacun rendent ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, atmospheric, sexy ...
Plot:
youth, music band, music, artists and showbiz, friendship, teenage love, rock band, nightclub, jealousy, music industry, singer, blues ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When Jonathan Jordan gets divorced he's thrust back into the world of being a single Mormon - a world who's ultimate goal is eternal marriage. Struggling to fit in, Jonathan decides to stop going to church only to be pursued by the members ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
church, lifestyle, family relations, couples, love and romance, religions or cults, divorce, male female relationship, love affair, relationships, romantic relationship, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
salt lake city utah, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Peter, Margaux's American writer husband, leaves Paris in a funk and heads home, she finds herself the single parent of two near teens. She also gets a new assignment at work: to find, sign, and promote new rock singers. She discovers a ...
Style:
sexy, captivating, serious, realistic, sexual
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, age-gap relationship, single parent, infidelity, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, love and romance, gender, music, gays and lesbians, music band, unfulfillment ...
Time:
80s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A small-town, high-school principal still living at home with her mother shakes up her life in a way that even she never expected when she agrees to go out on a date with her school's Hispanic janitor.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous
Audience:
date night
Plot:
interracial relations, high school, couples, love affair, workplace romance, small town, fall in love, looking for love, small town life, social differences, society, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three teen-aged girlfriends navigate multiple love triangles.
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, high school life, school, young love, youth, friends, high school, teenage life, teenage crush, teachers and students, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of ...
Style:
romantic, entertaining, inspirational, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids
Plot:
dancing, dancer, ballet, dancer's life, youth, hip hop, street dance, contests and competitions, teenage love, dance contest, music, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Music, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A repossession agent falls in love with a woman whose father is high on his list of priority accounts in this romantic drama.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, feel good, realistic
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
opposites attract, love affair, friendship, lifestyle, fall in love, family business, parents and children, looking for love, destiny, artists and showbiz, musician's life, love and romance ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
This movie is about Iiris Vaara. She turns 30 and meets young director Marko. All dreams come true but does Marko share her dreams?
Style:
realistic, sentimental, semi serious, sincere, melancholic ...
Plot:
couples, looking for love, introspection, hopes, love affair, innocence lost, couple relations, male female relationship, male nudity, love, insomnia, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Jamaica, Norway, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Kassa a free-wheelin rasta man, falls for a straight laced gospel singer Serena, when they both meet as they enter a music contest. Serena's father the pastor forbids her to see him and wants her to marry one of his church members. Meanwhile ...
Style:
captivating, sentimental, emotional, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
love, music, lifestyle, couples, fall in love, unfulfillment, contests and competitions, clergy, ambition, church, pastor, rastafarian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
jamaica, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ivana Cornejo is just getting used to being single again after her divorce three years ago. After an exasperating call from her ex-husband, she throws her cell phone away. Fortunately, the man who finds it calls her to return it, and to her ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, sincere, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
fall in love, couples, unlikely couple, love and romance, introspection, shallowness, romantic relationship, prejudice, in love, relationships, love affair, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Gautam is an incorrigible flirt, who runs after every girl he sees. Meera is a pretty girl with desi values and attire, who comes to London from Delhi for a fresh start. Veronica is the spoilt bombshell who loves partying and drinking. Though ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous, romantic
Audience:
date night
Plot:
beach, love triangle, friendship, lifestyle, fall in love, love and romance, love affair, couples, beach party, nightlife, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sidney is a writer who's just left her L.A. Times music review gig to edit New York hip-hop magazine XXL. Dre is an executive with a hip-hop record company based in New York. They've known each other since they met as children, when both ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, intense, sexy, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
hip hop, friendship, infidelity, music, wedding, love triangle, fall in love, looking for love, couples, gangsters, happy ending, love story ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, new york, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Sunday, three young friends read the obituary of a schoolmate with whom long ago they lost contact. They go to the morgue and realize that they are wrong: that burial is not that of their fellow student. From this, the confusion and random weave a ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching, romantic ...
Plot:
love story, friendship, friends, partners, couples, gender, buddies, love and romance, twentysomething life, love affair, mistaken identity, gay friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, barcelona, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
While serenading a wedding that quickly implodes, a nomadic musician falls for the bride, who runs afoul of her family. Now he has to save her life.
Style:
entertaining, sincere, romantic, light, feel good ...
Plot:
musician, male female relationship, couples, love and romance, love affair, fall in love, escape, love, wedding, boyfriend girlfriend relationship
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer – and unexpectedly falling in love.
Style:
feel good, sexy, touching, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, kids, manly ...
Plot:
dancing, love story, coming of age, couples, forbidden love, love and romance, summer romance, youth, teenager, fall in love, love, unlikely couple ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 80s, year 1963, 50s
Place:
usa, new york, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jordan Donavan, a photographer in New York, is so disappointed when after five years of going steady Edward Morgan offers her not marriage but just to move in with him, that she accepts the match-making arranged via a magazine by her female friend ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
opposites attract, fish out of water, couples, love and romance, horse, relationships, male female relationship, marriage proposal, love triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic triangle, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls, Janie who is American and Lana who is Russian, fall in love after meeting at a t.A.T.u concert and are swept into a dangerous world of obsession, drug abuse and murder.
Style:
sexy, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, serious ...
Plot:
lesbian, friendship, lesbian relationship, lgbt, teenage life, sexual relations, lgbtq, ambition, escapades, lifestyle, nightlife, dream ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This poignant love story stars Amy Grant as a beautiful, blind concert cellist who falls for a famous, self-centered pianist but doesn't realize that true love is right before her eyes.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, feel good ...
Plot:
blind character, blind man, blindness, love, relationships, disability, power relations, couples, youth, love and romance, opposites attract, musician's life ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A female duo band "Haruleo" hires a handsome roadie Shima. Contrary to their success, adding a male leads them to the love-triangle. They set out on their final tour after deciding the break-up.
Style:
psychological, sexy, touching, romantic, melancholic ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, singer, lesbian relationship, lesbianism, lesbian interest, love and romance, couples, friendship, gays and lesbians, lovers, gay love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.
Style:
feel good, romantic, sweet, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, interracial romance, ballet, high school, dancer's life, hip hop, teenager, music, street dance, love and romance, african american, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, new jersey, usa, new york, san francisco
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20%
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